Rohini Mohan

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Nirmala Ganapathy |Rohini Mohan

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – Education consultant Anirudh Gupta has received numerous calls over the last couple of weeks from Indian students in the US asking him whether they should return home for the summer or stay put, over fears that their visas could be cancelled or that they would face trouble during re-entry.

4 weeks ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Rohini Mohan |Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar

Trump’s firing of US climate scientists sends ripples across Asia By Rohini Mohan and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja The Straits Times March 24, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy – Udit Bhatia, a civil and computer science engineer in one of India’s top technical institutes is growing anxious as political events put his work in jeopardy.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Rohini Mohan |Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja

BENGALURU/JAKARTA - In a research laboratory in one of India’s top technical institutes in the western Indian state of Gujarat, civil and computer science engineer Udit Bhatia is growing anxious as political events unfolding 12,400km away put his work in jeopardy.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Rohini Mohan |Nirmala Ganapathy

Large cut-outs of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha state chief Mohan Charan Majhi are seen in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. ST PHOTO: NIRMALA GANAPATHY- The state of Odisha on India’s eastern seaboard is a flurry of economic activity. Its newly installed Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government is in a rush. In focus is the Paradeep Port, which Odisha hopes to transform from a quiet port known for handling coal and crude oil shipments into a hub for sustainability.

Jan 11, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Rohini Mohan

BENGALURU – Mr Kumar, an Indian-origin automotive design engineer from Santa Clara, California, who is currently on holiday in Mumbai, said his immigration attorney has asked him to “return to the States before Jan 20” – the day of US President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in. Many Indian H-1B holders told The Straits Times that their employers and lawyers have told them to avoid travelling out of the US in case a visa rule change blocks their re-entry.